CVE-2000-0878 describes a critical vulnerability in the ranson_johnson mailto CGI script, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This is achieved by injecting shell metacharacters into the emailadd form field, leading to potential compromise of the affected system. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been identified, the potential for remote code execution remains a serious concern.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ranson_johnson:mailto_cgi_script:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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